3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Plan B CPH. DK. Dark brown color with a small white head. Sweet malty, dark fruits light alcoholic aroma and taste. Medium to full body and a sweet light alcoholic finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
2004 bottle. Pours brown with a trace of a head that doesn’t stick around very long. Smells of sugar, dark fruit, some splashes of matl. Taste is pronounced sweetness with lots of dark fruity elements. Served as an after dinner cordial. Very nice!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml bottle (Berlin) - shared by mjs - thanks!
Deep red, no head. Sweet bocky aroma - smells sticky. Smooth soft
palate, some crisp carbonation is nice. Bananaey retronasals. Taste
also quite bananaey, and vey bocky - full of sweet malts. A touch
alcoholic, but nowhere near 9.2%. Compared to my previous eisbock
this is very mellow, and not harsh at all. Great balance, but mostly
malt based. The hops are a little papery, but not offensively so, in
fact they’re quite fresh and almost buddy. Nice one.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 4, 2006 6 months bottle. Big props to TAR Finely laced thin off-white head over a dark molasses brown hue. Deeply rich aroma, sweet as expected, but bearing woody and lots of smoked undertones. The great chocolatey malt is intertwined with the candyish toffee. Subdued hop profile complements the malt fest with dignity. In one word, the aroma is effective. A first sip reveals its awe-inspiring complexity. This is rich and decadent, smoky with superb chocolate flavors. Understated fruitiness, maple and mildly bitter tobacco finish. Medium to full bodied with appropriate carbonation, rather restrained not to disturb and to let the malt expands as it deserves to. Wonderful and extremely contemplative lager, not unlike celebrator.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This beer kind of misfired for me. It was freshly delivered from Boston, thank you Clarkvv. A nice brown colour, but kind of sourish, some malts and toffee and stuff to sweeten some toastedness, lacking complexity to go with dinner. The Niagara Eisbock versions are sure a whole lot better.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from State Line. Deep brownish pour with 1-finger khaki head. Aroma of Roasty malt, brown sugar, dark fruit, nuts, cacao. Tastes roasty malty, with blackberry, plum, cherry, brown sugar, and hop notes. Nice complexity and palate heft, with well hidden alcohol. This one is a standout.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured a deep iced-tea like brown with a 1/4" head that slowly receded to form a thin ring around the top. Beer was lightly carbonated, and had an aroma consisting of raisins, dates, cocoa, and some alcohol. Roasted malts were very pleasant in the taste, and were well-blended with some dark fruit, vanilla, and alcohol. Smooth, non-cloying mouthfeel. Alcohol comes through as the beer warms. The beer is warm all the way down, with roasted malts in the aftertaste. This is a big and well-crafted beer!
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle. Deep dark amber-brown colour, small beige head. A malty sweetness dominates, balanced by some fruity flavours of plum and raisins. Not too sweet. Shy hoppy flavours in the finish.
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